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...addition, heightened gustatory awareness often condemns supertasters to a life of picky eating. Though they are blessed with a heightened gustatory experience, supertasters are often repulsed and overwhelmed by flavors. The abundance of picky eating children corresponds to the fact that people are more likely to be supertasters when they??re little. Entire cookbooks have been devoted to clandestine cuisine—sneaking spinach in brownies and Brussels sprouts in muffins to trick kids into eating more vegetables. But is this effort misguided? Should parents instead praise their little darling for pushing away a bowl of broccoli...
Selling tickets, says Pitches president Annie E. P. Stone ’10, is difficult, especially in the spring when the novelty has started to wear off even for new freshmen. “Everyone on campus knows someone in an a cappella group and they??re always being pestered to buy a ticket,” she explains...
...schools, report cards are looking somewhat dismal. This year, according to newly released state-by-state data, the number of schools failing to reach testing targets under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was far greater than in any other year. Indeed, children are getting left behind, but not because they??re slow. It’s because the NCLB school bus is trying to go 70 miles per hour in the suburbs. The original NCLB legislation had the lofty goal of bringing every student to proficiency in reading and math by 2014. While the ambition of lawmakers...
...both creating prosperity and spreading its benefits.“People who once felt security in heir communities, their livelihoods, their nation, and the world no longer feel secure,” Summers said. “They think that their economic security is hanging by a thread, and they??re not sure what the new global system is going to be like for them. Our challenge is to make the system work for all these people.” Summers closed his speech noting that capitalism had successfully faced down similar challenges in the past...
...Kids in high school, where social interactions are really important, think, ‘If I’m not an Asian or a nerd, I’d better not be on the math team.’ Kids are self-selecting. For social reasons, they??re not even trying.” A revamp of math’s cultural image may be the most potent tool for boosting our nation’s diminishing math proficiency rates. While many charge that mathematic skill is the purview only of the few and gifted, proficiency is clearly...